Summary
The Americans built their railways like the British, only more so trusting largely to private enterprise, with results both heroic and chaotic. In spite of Barack Obama saying that he is envious ofthe railways of Europe, America is a laggard here, which seems particularly ungrateful in view ofthe maxim: "The European countries developed their railroads; the American railroads developed their country."
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The Great Train Robbery
BOOKS The great train robbery The British may have invented the railways, but they were soon lagging behind other nations. It's time we got back on track, writes Andrew Martin Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World Christian Wohnar Atlantic Booh, 400pp. £25
As I sit on a Virgin Pendolino train heading to the north-west, I reflect that this...See the full content of this document
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